On Monday 04 August 2003 15:19, Roy Vestal wrote: > <shameless plug> > yeah but for the right $$$, Jason may have 2 controllers sitting > around. At least I know he has some SCSI ones. > </shameless plug>
<even more shameless plug> actually, what i do have is several dell optiplex p133/166 systems that make spanky backup machines. they accomodate large disks (up to 120gb), run just fine headless, and are very quiet. install your favorite distro, set up samba and/or nfs, and you've got a nice little backup system. another true story: about a month ago i was clearing out some old files on my main server. i change into my archive directory and intended to remove an old copy of var by typing 'rm -rf var/' but instead i type 'rm -rf /var'. fun and hilarity ensued. fortunately, all i had to do to correct my mistake was ssh in to my trusty backup box and restore the /var directory from my nightly backup. all i lost was three or four messages in my inbox. note that a raid 1 setup would have been of no help in a situation like this. backup servers rule! jason -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc
